The "What's on your Mind" Thread ~Asian Music Version~ II

[Kacku]

Originally Posted by Yoake

She was but I suppose she decided to try new things. She has so many time during her hiatus to listen to different styles and to work on them. She surely wanted to evolve and not just come back as she left.

Yeah, that sounds like a likely explanation. And she does this style really well! I've been re-listening to the album and I especially like the slower songs (Saddest Song, One Night Story, Shed One Tear).

[KarenPang]

1st , B'z with their comeback single & a few minutes ago , new GRANRODEO single announcement

I'm happy

[KarenPang]

LUNA SEA's INORAN & SUGIZO are coming to perform here next month in the new Zepp venue

Finally big heavy JRock heavyweights even though LUNA SEA performed here 4 years back but still , awesome

[Bigtop]

I just subscribed to Sayuri Sugawara's (THE SxPLAY) SxP CREW - I've been waiting for years to join! In the past I couldn't subscribe because I needed a Japanese phone...but now I am finally able to join the fanclub that I've wanted to join since, I think, four years ago!

https://thesplay.jp/

[Kacku]

The new MONDO GROSSO album is really great, I've been listening to it pretty much every day since it came out. The first three tracks are an especially good combo, sometimes I just want to skip right back to the beginning after Labyrinth - and sometimes I just want to put Labyrinth on repeat, it's definitely my favourite song on the album!

[KarenPang]

Yesterday's THE MUSIC DAY Negai ga Kanau Natsu was so cool especially with most of the Johnnys' performances & the 10 songs Johnnys special medley shuffle songs performance

Watching ARASHI's Aiba + MatsuJun performed KinKi Kids's Aisareru Yori Aishitai & the 2 of them danced together with Domoto Koichi was so cool , that performance made both ARASHI & KinKi Kids fans really happy , even though Domoto Tsuyoshi had to miss the fun

Let alone Seishun Amigo is still so popular after all these years and so great to see Kame to Yama-P performed it , alongside with Senakagoshi no Chance

July is finally here & that = Acid Black Cherry & BREAKERZ's respective 10th anniversaries . I'm foreseeing to be very broke for July but hey it will be worth haha

[Bigtop]

Honestly, other than the Johnny's acts mentioned above, my opinion of THE MUSIC DAY is different...it just lacks substance for me. I mean, Arashi was great, and it's nice for miwa to perform with a school band, but Leo Ieiri wasn't something special (other than the fact that the song is a tie-in to an NTV drama), and aside all the Johnny's 'bias', umm...

Spoiler:

If THE MUSIC DAY lacks the fireworks factor, there's Summer Games Done Quick running on Twitch, and I can't wait for the real 4th of July fireworks soon...

[KarenPang]

Watanabe Naomi in V6's PV = win

[NintendoHTF1242]

What happened to Yuna Ito lol

[ayumi_croatia]

All I need to know is when is DOUBLE going to have a comeback

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by ayumi_croatia

All I need to know is when is DOUBLE going to have a comeback

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east
When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves
Then she will return, and not before.

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east
When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves
Then she will return, and not before.

I literally screamed at your comment.

[ayumi_croatia]

I know it's going to be never, but I can still hope

[Corvina]

REOL is disbanding in October.

[KarenPang]

Not really JPop related of sorts but I find it amusing everytime my sister go back Japan , she's always not feeling well o_O

Next month when she heads back Japan , aside from going to the same anime event that she attended last year , she's also going to watch an anime butai stageplay for the 1st time & the venue will be the 1st and last time she will be going as it's going to get demolished end of Sept D:

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by Corvina

REOL is disbanding in October.

I read this news this week. I'm not really convinced by their excuses. It could be a good reason for a band with more years of career but with a band with only one album I suppose the sales was very bad.

[KarenPang]

Do As Infinity performing in S'pore for the 1st time next month !

Finally someone who hasn't perform here yet , instead of the usual group of JPop artistes that kept coming here (no offense)

Yesterday & Today was 1 of the 1st few songs I heard when I started listening to Japanese music too

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Yoake

I read this news this week. I'm not really convinced by their excuses. It could be a good reason for a band with more years of career but with a band with only one album I suppose the sales was very bad.

Idk about sales. The album sold about 12k on Oricon, that's actually not too bad for a debut nowadays.
But yeah, they just got together in 2015 and now they already say goodbye. You have to be determined to achieve success, that doesn't work at once. Oh well.

[KarenPang]

Everytime a group disbands be it the circumstances it's always unfortunate

For me , I still regret not going to Japan to watch girl next door perform before they disband , especially since I followed/supported them from their debut

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Idk about sales. The album sold about 12k on Oricon, that's actually not too bad for a debut nowadays.
But yeah, they just got together in 2015 and now they already say goodbye. You have to be determined to achieve success, that doesn't work at once. Oh well.

I realise that I wasn't accurate in my previous post. I wanted to talk about the whole sales including the concerts. And of course what they thought such band could yield and the reality. The singer'll surely follow her career as she was an utaite.